Grand Area Mentoring’s COVID-Safe Plan Welcome to the 2020/2021 academic year! We face unprecedented times. Mentor health and the health of children and families are Grand Area Mentoring’s top priorities. The program’s plan to keep everyone safe includes: Health...
Mentoring in Moab COVID-19 Update COVID-19 has changed our world. Schools are closed. Public gatherings are no-nos. Stress and anxiety levels rise. In-person mentoring has been suspended almost everywhere. This leaves many youth across the country without crucial regular...
Time to Shine In the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, Dr. Jean Rhodes writes: “Although COVID-19 appears to spare children from the most serious health problems, marginalized youth are likely to bear the heaviest burdens of trauma & economic fallout.”...
Shutterbug Shenanigans! Photography Mini-Clinic for Mentors Photography can be a great tool to explore the world and learn to express oneself visually! Learning how to look at photographs and compose an image can be beneficial in a culture flooded...
Mentoring Tip – Mind Your Stress Mentoring is about service. Why, then, should we focus so much on taking care of ourselves? Shouldn’t all our efforts be focused on helping a youth? Just as caregivers are expected to first don...
Mentoring Tip – Your Intentional Tone Our body language, quality of voice, and facial expressions reveal a lot about our motivations, emotions, and impressions of others. Negative cues may be especially impactful to youth who have experienced trauma. This is...
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention 101 w/ Seekhaven When: Dec 17th, 4:30-5:30pm Where: HMK Elementary, Room 141 Seekhaven will cover the nuances of violence or sexual trauma, possible impacts on children (either as a primary or...
Mentor Roundtable! November 6, 5-6pm, Grand Co Public Library Large Meeting Room You’re not alone. Join us to talk about the mentoring experience, discuss your hurdles & successes, learn from others about how they have handled tough situations, and reflect...
Establishing a Steady State Over 16 million children across America lack consistent access to a positive adult presence in their lives. This isn’t a trivial statistic. For youths who live in poverty and are more likely to experience severe...
Training: The Keys of Communication with Antje Rath of Moab Regional Hospital Communicating with children can be a challenge. If we had a quarter for every “I don’t know” answer, we might all be rich by now. 🙂 At...